List of colleges of Leuven University

This is a list of the constituent colleges of the Old University of Leuven (founded 1425; suppressed 1797).[1] Many of them are listed heritage sites and some are in use by the current Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

## Pedagogies

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Four of the colleges were specifically teaching colleges for undergraduates in the Liberal Arts, and these were called Pedagogies.[2]

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Castle College | De Burcht or Het Kasteel | Collège du Chateau | Paedagogium Castri | 1431 | Godfrey de Goimpel | Mechelsestraat | demolished
Pig College | Het Varken | Collège du Porc | Paedagogium Porci | 1430 | Henricus van Loen | Muntstraat | demolished
Lily College | De Lelie | Collège du Lys | Paedagogium Lilii | 1431 | Charles Viruli | Diestsestraat | demolished
Falcon College | De Valk | Collège du Faucon | Paedagogium Falconis | 1546 | Jan Stockelpot | Tiensestraat | 42155

## Colleges

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The others provided residential facilities for students studying at the advanced faculties (law, medicine, theology).

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Holy Ghost College | Heilige-Geestcollege | Collège du Saint-Esprit | Collegium Sancti Spiritus vel Collegium Theologicum | 1442 | Louis de Rycke | Naamsestraat | 42164 |
Saint Ivo's College | Sint-Ivocollege | Collège de Saint-Yves / Collège des Bacheliers | Collegium Sancti Ivonis vel Baccalaureum | 1483 | Robertus de Lacu | Vanderkelenstraat | 42165 |
Saint Donatian's College | Sint-Donatuscollege | Collège de Saint-Donat | Collegium Sancti Donatiani | 1484 | Antoine Hanneron and Jean Carondelet | Sint-Donatuspark | demolished |
Standonck College | Standonckcollege | Collège de Standonck | Collegium Standonicum | 1490 | Jean Standonck | Hogeschoolplein | 42186 |
Houterlee College | Houterleecollege | Collège de Houterle | Collegium Houterlaeum | 1499 | Henricus de Houterlé |  |  |
Winckel College |  | Collège Winckelius | Collegium Winckelianum | 1505 | Joannes de Winckel |  |  |
Arras College | Atrechtcollege | Collège d’Arras | Collegium Atrebatense | 1509 | Nicolaus Ruterius | Naamsestraat | 42153 (1974) |
Collegium Trilingue |  | Collège des Trois Langues | Collegium Trilingue | 1517 | Hieronymus van Busleyden | Busleidengang | 42159 |
Pope's College | Pauscollege | Collège du Pape Adrien VI | Collegium Pontificium Adriani VI | 1523 | Pope Adrian VI | Hogeschoolplein | 42171 |
Savoy College | Savoiecollege | Collège de Savoie | Collegium Sabaudicum | 1551 | Eustace Chapuys |  |  |
St Anne's College | Sint-Annacollege | Collège Sainte-Anne | Collegium Sanctae Annae vel Namurcense | 1553 | Nicolas Goblet | Naamsestraat | 42174 |
Driutius College |  | Collège Driutius | Collegium Driutianum | 1559 | Michel Driutius |  |  |
Viglius College | Vigliuscollege | Collège Viglius | Collegium Viglianum | 1569 | Viglius Zwichemius |  |  |
Van Dale College | Van Dalecollege | Collège Van Daele | Collegium Dalense | 1569 | Petrus Van Dale | Naamsestraat | 42175 (1942) |
Craendonck College | Craandonckcollege / Kempisch college | Collège Craendonck | Collegium Craendonck | 1571 | Marcel Craendonck |  |  |
Premonstratensian College | College van Premonstreit | Collège des Prémontrés | Collegium Praemonstratense | 1571 |  | Naamsestraat | 42157 (1942) |
Divaeus College |  | Collège Divaeus | Collegium Divaei | 1575 | Gregorius Divaeus |  |  |
Breugel College | Breugelcollege | Collège Breugel | Collegium Bruegelianum | 1577 | Petrus Breugel |  |  |
King’s College | Koningscollege |  | Collegium Regium seu Seminarium Regium | 1579 | Philip II of Spain | Naamsestraat | 42167 |
Pels College | Pelscollege | Collège Pels | Collegium Pelsianum | 1584 | Joannes Pelts |  |  |
Mons College |  | Collège de Mons | Collegium Montense | 1596 | Joannes Beviene |  |  |
Liège College | College van Luik | Séminaire de Liège | Collegium seu Seminarium Leodiense | 1605 | Ernest of Bavaria | Muntstraat | 42158 |
St Anthony's College (Irish Franciscan College) | Klooster der Ierse minderbroeders |  |  | 1607 | Florence Conry | Janseniusstraat | 42137 |
Bay College | Baiuscollege | Collège de Bay | Collegium Bayanum | 1614 | Jacobus Baius |  |  |
Holland College | Hollands college / College van Haarlem | Collège de Hollande | Collegium Divae Pulcheriae | 1617 | Philippus Rovenius | Damiaanplein (previously Varkensmarkt) | 42166 |
College of the Canons Regular | Klooster van de Reguliere kanunniken van Sint-Augustinus van Windesheim | Collège des chanoines réguliers | Collegium Canonicorum Regularium S. Augustini | 1618 | priors of Groenendael and Bethlehem |  |  |
Luxembourg College | Luxemburgcollege | Collège de Luxembourg | Collegium Mylianum | 1619 | Joannes Mylius | Vaartstraat | 42168 |
Teutonic College | Duits-Ordecollege | Collège de l’ordre teutonique | Collegium Ordinis Teutonici | 1621 | Edmund Huyn, commander of Alden Biesen |  |  |
Irish College | Iers College | Collège des Hibernois | Collegium pastorale Hibernorum | 1623 | Eugene Matthews |  |  |
St Willebrord's College | Sint-Willibrordscollege / Bossche college | Collège Saint-Willebrord | Collegium Sancti Willebrordi | 1625 | Nicolaus Zoesius |  |  |
Irish Dominican College of Holy Cross | Ierse Predikherencollege | Collège des Dominicains Irlandais / Collège de la Sainte Croix | Collegium Sanctae Crucis | 1626 |  |  |  |
Aulne College | Aulncollege | Collège d’Aulne | Collegium Alnense | 1629 | Edmond de Jouvent, abbot of Aulne | Naamsestraat | 42154 |
Malderus College |  | Collège Malderus | Collegium Malderi | 1633 | Johannes Malderus, bishop of Antwerp | Sint-Maartenstraat | 42169 |
Hovius College |  | Collège dit le Patrimoine du Christ | Collegium Hovii | 1633 | Franciscus Hovius |  |  |
Trinity College | Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege | Collège de la Sainte-Trinité / Nouveau Collège | Collegium SS. Trinitatis vel Novum Collegium | 1657 |  | Oude Markt | 42163 |
Villers College | Villerscollege | Collège de Villers | Collegium Villariense | 1660 | Bernardus vander Heck | Vaartstraat | 42178 |
St Michael's College | Sint-Michielscollege | Collège de Saint-Michel | Collegium Sancti Michaelis | 1670 | Paulus Hubens and Laurentius Zoenius |  |  |
Mechlin College | Mechels college | Collège de Malines | Collegium Provinciae Mechliniensis | 1675 | Mechelen city council |  |  |
| College van de Hoge Heuvel | Collège Alticollense | Collegium SS. Willebrordi et Bonifacii vel Alticollense | 1686 | Johannes van Neercassel | Naamsestraat | 42156 |

## References

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1. ^ Percy A. Chapman, "A Princetonian at Louvain", Princeton Alumni Weekly 28/10, 2 Dec. 1927.
2. ^ Supplement aux trophees tant sacres que profanes du Duche de Brabant (etc.): 3-4

* Historische universiteitscolleges in Leuven definitief beschermd, Archeonet.be, 13 Nov 2009. Accessed 15 Feb. 2015.
* Cornelius Van Gestel, Historia sacra et profana Archiepiscopatus Mechliniensis (The Hague, 1725), 182-186.
* Valerius Andreas, Fasti academici studii generalis Lovaniensis (Leuven, 1650), 252-330.
* Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed (Flemish heritage inventory). Accessed 15 Feb. 2015.

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Universities of Louvain/Leuven

1425–1797|

| Old University of Leuven|

* Faculty of Theology
* Arras College
* Collegium Trilingue
* Holy Ghost College
* Liège College
* Saint Ivo's College
* Pope's College
* Saint Anne's College
* St Anthony's College
* Trinity College
* University Hall
* Academic staff
* Alumni

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1817–1835|

* State University of Leuven

1834–1835|

* Catholic University of Mechlin

1835–1968|

| Catholic
University
of Louvain|

* Institutions: American College of the Immaculate Conception
* St Anthony's College
* Lovanium University
* Faculty of Theology
* University Hall
Personalities: Pope Gregory XVI
* Rector Pierre de Ram
* Désiré-Joseph Mercier
* Rector Paulin Ladeuze
* Georges Lemaître
Nobel prizes: Auguste Beernaert
* Dominique Pire
Alumni
Belgian American Educational Foundation
* Sedes Sapientiae
* Split of the Catholic University of Louvain

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Since 1968|

| UCLouvain|

| Campuses|

* Louvain-la-Neuve
* Brussels Woluwe
* FUCaM Mons
* Saint-Louis Brussels
* CHU Namur
* UCLouvain Charleroi

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Cities|

* Louvain-la-Neuve
* Brussels
* Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
* Saint-Gilles
* Mons
* Tournai
* Charleroi
* Namur
* Dinant
* Yvoir

Faculties|

* Louvain School of Management
* Louvain School of Engineering
* Marie Haps Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
* Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Communication
* Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning

Research|

* Higher Institute of Philosophy
* Cyclotron Research Center
* Center for Operations Research and Econometrics
* Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
* Centre d'Etudes des Crises et Conflits Internationaux
* Hoover Chair
* Laboratory for the Analysis of Organisational Communication Systems

Hospitals|

* Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
* CHU UCLouvain Namur

Press|

* Presses universitaires de Louvain
* Revue philosophique de Louvain
* International Philosophical Bibliography
* Cahiers de l'Institut de Linguistique de Louvain
* Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique
* Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium

Subsidiary entities|

* Musée L
* Aula Magna
* Louvain-la-Neuve Cyclotron
* Louvain Coopération
* Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park
* Initialis Science Park
* Académie Louvain

Rectors|

* Pierre Macq
* Bernard Coulie
* Vincent Blondel

Nobel prizes|

* Christian de Duve
* Albert Claude

Miscellaneous|

* Louvain modularity
* Claroline
* Orchestre Symphonique des Étudiants de Louvain-la-Neuve
* 24h vélo de Louvain-la-Neuve
* Progressive Congolese Students
* ANLO
* Oz
* Ekiga
* Ion Beam Applications
* Kot-à-projet

* Academic staff
* Alumni

KU Leuven|

| Campuses|

KULAK

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Cities|

* Leuven
* Kortrijk
* Antwerp
* Ghent
* Bruges
* Geel
* Diepenbeek
* Aalst
* Sint-Katelijne-Waver
* Brussels

Faculties|

* Institute of Philosophy

Research|

* Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies
* Rega Institute for Medical Research
* Switch Laboratory

Hospitals|

* UZ Leuven

Press|

* Leuven University Press
* Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique
* ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Subsidiary entities|

* Arenberg Castle
* Arenberg Research-Park
* KU Leuven Association
* University Hall

Rectors|

* Pieter De Somer
* Marc Vervenne
* Mark Waer
* Rik Torfs
* Luc Sels

Other|

* Evangelical Theological Faculty

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